SANDIGANBAYAN Presiding Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro emerged as the top choice from 14 candidates recommended by the Supreme Court to the Judicial Bar Council to fill the vacancy in the tribunal after Associate Justice Artemio Panganiban succeeded Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. last December.
In a poll of 14 magistrates, De Castro, head of the three-man Special Division handling the plunder trial of President Joseph Estrada, got 12 votes.
If she gets approved, Arroyo will have appointed 10 out of the 15 supreme court justices. Nice.
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